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Pine Log, 2013-04-29

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Visit us online at
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Volume 94
Issue 21
Next Publication:
Thursday May 2, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
Page 5
John Arthur and the SFA track
and field team capture nine
titles at the Track-It Buster
Invitational in Wichita
59
H
WEDNESDAY
Dr. Harry Downing, professor and chair of
the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
has been named the 2013-14 SFA Regents
Professor.
Reserved for exemplary role models to the
university community, the title of Regents
Professor is the highest honor SFA bestows
upon members of the faculty. The title is held
for one full academic year.
Downing joined the SFA faculty in 1975
and has served as physics and astronomy
chair since 1988. He has taught courses in
general physics, introduction to engineer-ing/
physics, technical physics, engineering
statistics, engineering dynamics and math-ematical
applications in physics.
His many honors include Teaching
Excellence Awards from both the Department
of Physics and Astronomy and the College of
Sciences and Mathematics; Best Pedagogical
Paper from the Texas Section of the American
Association of Physics Teachers; the Robert N.
Little Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Physics Higher Education in Texas from
TSAAP; and the Outstanding Society of
Physics Students Chapter Adviser Award.
Downing earned his bachelor’s degree in
physics from Arkansas State University in
1968 and his master’s and doctoral degrees in
physics from Florida State University in 1970
and 1973.
The Board of Regents also approved nu-merous
additional faculty and staff appoint-ments,
changes of status, promotions and
retirements at a meeting Tuesday. Faculty
appointments included: Mark Schaub, as-sociate
professor of economics and fi-nance;
Christina Sinclair, assistant profes-sor
of kinesiology and health science; Nedra
Washington, visiting assistant professor of
human sciences; and Lynn Greenleaf, assis-tant
professor of mathematics and statistics.
In addition, several faculty appointments
were approved for the College of Fine Arts, in-cluding
Jamie Dahman and Nathan Fleshner,
assistant professors of music; Zachary
Hanks, assistant professor of theatre; Melissa
McMillian-Cunningham, lecturer of theatre;
and Shaun Roberts, assistant professor of art.
Faculty appointments in the College of
Liberal and Applied Arts included: Karl
Baughman and Aryendra Chakravartty, as-sistant
professors of history; Sharon Eaves,
assistant professor of psychology; Paula
Hopeck and Carrie Kennedy Lightsey, as-sistant
professors of languages, cultures
and communication; Thomas Madison, as-sistant
professor of mass communication;
and Michael Sheehan, assistant professor of
English.
Staff appointments included: Daniel
Bassett, assistant soccer coach; William
Crittenden, head soccer coach; Lance Guidry,
assistant football coach; Luke Maloney, assis-tant
volleyball coach; Brad Underwood, head
men’s basketball coach; Katharine Bridges,
fitness/wellness coordinator for campus rec-reation;
Karla Hamilton, assessment director
for the James I. Perkins College of Education;
Mark Ethridge, broiler research center su-pervisor;
William Pruett, database admin-istrator
II; and Erica Norris, discovery and
research center manager for the College of
Mathematics and Sciences.
Approved changes of status included:
Andrew Collins, from coordinator of athletic
video production to coordinator of athletic
operations; Karrie Roberson, from assistant
system administrator to web design special-ist
in the library; Jaimie Parris, from admin-
SFA All-Americans Josh Aubrey and
Cordell Roberson came to Nacogdoches
in the same signing class, and are now
headed to the same NFL franchise to-gether.
The duo signed free agent con-tracts
with the Cleveland Browns shortly
after the conclusion of the 2013 NFL Draft
Saturday evening.
"I almost broke down when I got the
call," said Roberson, the school's all-time
leading receiver. "It has been a dream my
whole life. I continued to believe in my-self,
kept the faith, and everything worked
out for me. There were several teams that
had made offers, so I had to weigh my op-tions
but I was relieved when it was final-ized.
This is the plan that God had for me.
I'm excited about it, and I'm just going to
do the best that I can."
"The disappointment of not being
drafted didn't wear off immediately,"
added Aubrey, a 2013 All-America corner.
"But it's a great feeling to know that I'm
in the NFL. It doesn't matter how you get
there, only that you're there. Everyone
wants to get drafted, but the important
thing is that I'm getting a shot. I praise
God for this opportunity."
Roberson re-wrote the Lumberjack re-cord
books, becoming the school's all-time
leader in receptions, receiving yards
and touchdown catches. His
39 TD receptions also set a
new Southland Conference re-cord.
A three-time first-team
All-Southland Conference se-lection,
Roberson earned All-
America honors as a sopho-more
and senior.
Aubrey was key in helping
turn the Lumberjack second-ary
into one of the top units
in the conference. Earning a
starting spot in the second
week of his freshman season,
Aubrey never looked back. A
four-time All-SLC selection,
Aubrey finished his career
with 255 tackles, including 17.5
for losses, and 3.5 sacks. He
also intercepted seven passes
during his career and had 29
pass break ups. A two-time
first-team all-conference se-lection,
Aubrey closed out his
SFA career by earning All-America hon-ors.
"God is so good," said Jordan, Josh's
twin brother and a three-year letter win-ner
in the Lumberjack secondary. "I've
been with him every step of the way
through our playing career. With our
season going the way that it did, things
haven't been that easy. Even going into
pro day, the scouts really weren't looking
at him that much, other than he might get
offered a tryout. Just to see what he has
gone through to where he is now is such a
great feeling. It just proves that hard work
Researchers at SFA have filed for pat-ent
protection for "Purple Pride," a new
type of Chickasaw Plum tree known for its
purple fruit and foliage.
At a meeting Tuesday, the Board of
Regents authorized agreements with sev-eral
nurseries interested in selling SFA's
new cultivar of Prunus angustifolia. A
portion of the proceeds from the sale of
"Purple Pride" will be returned to the
University.
"This project is part of our ongoing
plant evaluation program," said Dr. David
Creech, associate director of the SFA Mast
Arboretum. "We have introduced many
SFA plants to the industry, but this is the
first one we decided to patent. We are
especially excited because it is a native
plum that is very well adapted to Texas
conditions, including extreme heat and
drought."
Also at their meeting Tuesday, re-gents
approved moving the Department
of Computer Science from the Nelson
Rusche College of Business to the College
of Sciences and Mathematics, where it re-sides
at many other universities, in order
to increase effectiveness and efficiency
of the programs. As of Fall 2013, all com-puter
science programs will move into the
College of Sciences and Mathematics, with
the exception of the Bachelor of Business
Administration in computer information
systems, which will remain in the busi-ness
college.
Dr. Richard Berry, provost and vice
president for academic affairs, also re-ported
to the regents that SFA has re-ceived
approval from the commissioner of
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board to submit a formal proposal for a
Bachelor of Science in engineering phys-ics.
Berry said the preliminary proposal
should be submitted to SFA regents within
the year.
The board also approved an increase
in designated tuition for the 2013-14 aca-demic
year. Designated tuition will be
$158 per semester credit hour beginning
in Fall 2013, increasing from $141.86 per
hour, a difference of about $242 for a 15-
hour semester.
"We don't take (this increase) lightly,"
said Dr. Scott Coleman of Houston, chair-man
of the board's Finance and Audit
Committee. "We look at this from a lot of
different angles for a long time before we
decide on tuition costs."
Room-and-board rates will increase
1.5 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
The undergraduate admission application
fee will increase from $35 to $45, and
the graduate application fee will increase
from $25 to $50.
The regents adopted a summer budget
totaling approximately $3.69 million. The
figure represents an increase of approxi-mately
$120,000 from last year's summer
budget, and includes funding for 24 ad-ditional
courses, Berry said.
Downing named SFA
Regents Professor;
SFA faculty, staff
changes announced
Regents, page 2
Courtesy Photo
Dr. Harry Downing
Purple Pride, page 2
SFA seeking patent for new ‘Purple Pride’ tree
Jennifer Rogers/Pine Log Photo
Josh Aubrey
Jennifer Rogers/Pine Log Photo
Cordell Roberson
SFA duo signs with
Cleveland Browns
during NFL Draft
Board of Regents makes budget and improvement decisions for SFA
SFA students get down and dirty at Mudbugs and Mudballs
The SFA Student Foundation Association
held its annual Mudbugs and Mudballs
event Saturday. Students enjoyed the
outdoors playing mud volleyball and
eating crawfish. Pictured left, team “Plan
B” puts the books aside before dead
week and finals and plunges into the
mud. Volleyball started at 9 a.m. and
continued thoughout the day. After
the mud and tailgating, students made
their way to the Homer Bryce Stadium to
cheer on the Lumberjack Football team
in its spring football game.
Alyx McLuskie/Pine Log Photo

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CMYK
TODAY
H 86 L TUESDAY
83 L 61
H 88 L 61
Visit us online at
www.thepinelog.com
Volume 94
Issue 21
Next Publication:
Thursday May 2, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
Page 5
John Arthur and the SFA track
and field team capture nine
titles at the Track-It Buster
Invitational in Wichita
59
H
WEDNESDAY
Dr. Harry Downing, professor and chair of
the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
has been named the 2013-14 SFA Regents
Professor.
Reserved for exemplary role models to the
university community, the title of Regents
Professor is the highest honor SFA bestows
upon members of the faculty. The title is held
for one full academic year.
Downing joined the SFA faculty in 1975
and has served as physics and astronomy
chair since 1988. He has taught courses in
general physics, introduction to engineer-ing/
physics, technical physics, engineering
statistics, engineering dynamics and math-ematical
applications in physics.
His many honors include Teaching
Excellence Awards from both the Department
of Physics and Astronomy and the College of
Sciences and Mathematics; Best Pedagogical
Paper from the Texas Section of the American
Association of Physics Teachers; the Robert N.
Little Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Physics Higher Education in Texas from
TSAAP; and the Outstanding Society of
Physics Students Chapter Adviser Award.
Downing earned his bachelor’s degree in
physics from Arkansas State University in
1968 and his master’s and doctoral degrees in
physics from Florida State University in 1970
and 1973.
The Board of Regents also approved nu-merous
additional faculty and staff appoint-ments,
changes of status, promotions and
retirements at a meeting Tuesday. Faculty
appointments included: Mark Schaub, as-sociate
professor of economics and fi-nance;
Christina Sinclair, assistant profes-sor
of kinesiology and health science; Nedra
Washington, visiting assistant professor of
human sciences; and Lynn Greenleaf, assis-tant
professor of mathematics and statistics.
In addition, several faculty appointments
were approved for the College of Fine Arts, in-cluding
Jamie Dahman and Nathan Fleshner,
assistant professors of music; Zachary
Hanks, assistant professor of theatre; Melissa
McMillian-Cunningham, lecturer of theatre;
and Shaun Roberts, assistant professor of art.
Faculty appointments in the College of
Liberal and Applied Arts included: Karl
Baughman and Aryendra Chakravartty, as-sistant
professors of history; Sharon Eaves,
assistant professor of psychology; Paula
Hopeck and Carrie Kennedy Lightsey, as-sistant
professors of languages, cultures
and communication; Thomas Madison, as-sistant
professor of mass communication;
and Michael Sheehan, assistant professor of
English.
Staff appointments included: Daniel
Bassett, assistant soccer coach; William
Crittenden, head soccer coach; Lance Guidry,
assistant football coach; Luke Maloney, assis-tant
volleyball coach; Brad Underwood, head
men’s basketball coach; Katharine Bridges,
fitness/wellness coordinator for campus rec-reation;
Karla Hamilton, assessment director
for the James I. Perkins College of Education;
Mark Ethridge, broiler research center su-pervisor;
William Pruett, database admin-istrator
II; and Erica Norris, discovery and
research center manager for the College of
Mathematics and Sciences.
Approved changes of status included:
Andrew Collins, from coordinator of athletic
video production to coordinator of athletic
operations; Karrie Roberson, from assistant
system administrator to web design special-ist
in the library; Jaimie Parris, from admin-
SFA All-Americans Josh Aubrey and
Cordell Roberson came to Nacogdoches
in the same signing class, and are now
headed to the same NFL franchise to-gether.
The duo signed free agent con-tracts
with the Cleveland Browns shortly
after the conclusion of the 2013 NFL Draft
Saturday evening.
"I almost broke down when I got the
call," said Roberson, the school's all-time
leading receiver. "It has been a dream my
whole life. I continued to believe in my-self,
kept the faith, and everything worked
out for me. There were several teams that
had made offers, so I had to weigh my op-tions
but I was relieved when it was final-ized.
This is the plan that God had for me.
I'm excited about it, and I'm just going to
do the best that I can."
"The disappointment of not being
drafted didn't wear off immediately,"
added Aubrey, a 2013 All-America corner.
"But it's a great feeling to know that I'm
in the NFL. It doesn't matter how you get
there, only that you're there. Everyone
wants to get drafted, but the important
thing is that I'm getting a shot. I praise
God for this opportunity."
Roberson re-wrote the Lumberjack re-cord
books, becoming the school's all-time
leader in receptions, receiving yards
and touchdown catches. His
39 TD receptions also set a
new Southland Conference re-cord.
A three-time first-team
All-Southland Conference se-lection,
Roberson earned All-
America honors as a sopho-more
and senior.
Aubrey was key in helping
turn the Lumberjack second-ary
into one of the top units
in the conference. Earning a
starting spot in the second
week of his freshman season,
Aubrey never looked back. A
four-time All-SLC selection,
Aubrey finished his career
with 255 tackles, including 17.5
for losses, and 3.5 sacks. He
also intercepted seven passes
during his career and had 29
pass break ups. A two-time
first-team all-conference se-lection,
Aubrey closed out his
SFA career by earning All-America hon-ors.
"God is so good," said Jordan, Josh's
twin brother and a three-year letter win-ner
in the Lumberjack secondary. "I've
been with him every step of the way
through our playing career. With our
season going the way that it did, things
haven't been that easy. Even going into
pro day, the scouts really weren't looking
at him that much, other than he might get
offered a tryout. Just to see what he has
gone through to where he is now is such a
great feeling. It just proves that hard work
Researchers at SFA have filed for pat-ent
protection for "Purple Pride," a new
type of Chickasaw Plum tree known for its
purple fruit and foliage.
At a meeting Tuesday, the Board of
Regents authorized agreements with sev-eral
nurseries interested in selling SFA's
new cultivar of Prunus angustifolia. A
portion of the proceeds from the sale of
"Purple Pride" will be returned to the
University.
"This project is part of our ongoing
plant evaluation program," said Dr. David
Creech, associate director of the SFA Mast
Arboretum. "We have introduced many
SFA plants to the industry, but this is the
first one we decided to patent. We are
especially excited because it is a native
plum that is very well adapted to Texas
conditions, including extreme heat and
drought."
Also at their meeting Tuesday, re-gents
approved moving the Department
of Computer Science from the Nelson
Rusche College of Business to the College
of Sciences and Mathematics, where it re-sides
at many other universities, in order
to increase effectiveness and efficiency
of the programs. As of Fall 2013, all com-puter
science programs will move into the
College of Sciences and Mathematics, with
the exception of the Bachelor of Business
Administration in computer information
systems, which will remain in the busi-ness
college.
Dr. Richard Berry, provost and vice
president for academic affairs, also re-ported
to the regents that SFA has re-ceived
approval from the commissioner of
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board to submit a formal proposal for a
Bachelor of Science in engineering phys-ics.
Berry said the preliminary proposal
should be submitted to SFA regents within
the year.
The board also approved an increase
in designated tuition for the 2013-14 aca-demic
year. Designated tuition will be
$158 per semester credit hour beginning
in Fall 2013, increasing from $141.86 per
hour, a difference of about $242 for a 15-
hour semester.
"We don't take (this increase) lightly,"
said Dr. Scott Coleman of Houston, chair-man
of the board's Finance and Audit
Committee. "We look at this from a lot of
different angles for a long time before we
decide on tuition costs."
Room-and-board rates will increase
1.5 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
The undergraduate admission application
fee will increase from $35 to $45, and
the graduate application fee will increase
from $25 to $50.
The regents adopted a summer budget
totaling approximately $3.69 million. The
figure represents an increase of approxi-mately
$120,000 from last year's summer
budget, and includes funding for 24 ad-ditional
courses, Berry said.
Downing named SFA
Regents Professor;
SFA faculty, staff
changes announced
Regents, page 2
Courtesy Photo
Dr. Harry Downing
Purple Pride, page 2
SFA seeking patent for new ‘Purple Pride’ tree
Jennifer Rogers/Pine Log Photo
Josh Aubrey
Jennifer Rogers/Pine Log Photo
Cordell Roberson
SFA duo signs with
Cleveland Browns
during NFL Draft
Board of Regents makes budget and improvement decisions for SFA
SFA students get down and dirty at Mudbugs and Mudballs
The SFA Student Foundation Association
held its annual Mudbugs and Mudballs
event Saturday. Students enjoyed the
outdoors playing mud volleyball and
eating crawfish. Pictured left, team “Plan
B” puts the books aside before dead
week and finals and plunges into the
mud. Volleyball started at 9 a.m. and
continued thoughout the day. After
the mud and tailgating, students made
their way to the Homer Bryce Stadium to
cheer on the Lumberjack Football team
in its spring football game.
Alyx McLuskie/Pine Log Photo